Safety pocket



Jan. 13, 1-925.

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WITNESSES ATTQRN EY C. R. WOOD SAFETY POCKET Filed Dec. 4, 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I Ukar'lea'fl. Wood,

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WITNESSES ATTO R N EY Patented Jan. 13, i925.

UNETEE STATES Li hted CHARLES R. WOOD, OF FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA.

SAFETY POCKET.

Application filed December 4, 1920.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, CHARLES R. VVOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fargo, in the county of Cass and State of North Dakota, have invented new and useful Safety Pockets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a safety pocket for garments, which is so made that it will catch articles carried in the pocket and prevent them from falling out.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is particularly designed for use in work clothes, such as overalls, union-alls and the like. but the principles of the invention are readily applicable to all types of garments, and in fact wherever pockets are needed.

More specifically put, the object of the invention is to provide a pocket construction which will catch a watch or similar article carried in the pocket when the wearer stoops or bends downwardly. It is well known that if a watch, knife or similar article is placed in the o-rdinarv pocket provided on overalls, as soon as the wearer assumes a position other than an upright one the article tends to slide out of the pocket, and if it be a watch, when it hits the floor it is usually broken. Watch pockets have been devised but these depend more upon their small size than on any principle to retain the watch, and they are not satisfactory because it is difficult to get at the watch when placed in such pocket, and it is usually uncomfortable to the wearer to carry a watch in such pocket.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a safety pocket construction which is easy to make, which adds but little to the cost of the pocket, and which does not interfere with placing articles in the pocket for safe keeping.

These and other objects are attained by a construction which embodies primarily a pocket within a pocket: the enclosed pocket providing a receptacle into which articles carried by the main pocket may slide when the wearers body is bent.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing in Serial No. 428,236.

the drawing, but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifica tions mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims. 4

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of the improved pocket construction.

Fig. 2 is a view showing the interior of the pocket when the outside has been cut away.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing the manner in which an article is caught by the auxiliary pocket when the body is inclined.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is an elevation, with parts broken away, of a modified construction.

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 77 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

The drawing depicts a pocket construction particularly adapted for overalls. It will be understood that substantially the same construction with slight refinements will be employed on all garments using pockets.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, of the drawing, the numeral 15 designates the bib. and 16 the piece of cloth which, when sewed to the bib, forms the primary pocket. The piece of goods 16 is preferably secured to the bib by double rows of stitching 18 along a side edge, along the bottom as at 19, along the principal part of its top as indicated at 17, and along the fourth edge for a part of its length, as shown at 20. The stitching 20 stops short of the upper stitching 17 so that a pocket opening 22 is left. A section of the piece of goods 1-6 is preferably sewed to the bib, as at 25, to provide a supplementary pocket having an opening 26 at the top of the main pocket. This supplementary pocket, which forms no part of the present invention, being old and well known, is usually employed for carrying such articles as pencils, rules or the like. The main pocket opening 22 is at the side, or, in other words, it extends vertically when the garment is being worn.

A flap 23 comprising a four-sided piece of cloth is secured along three of its edges within the primary pocket, the stitching l7 serving to secure the upper end of flap 23,

the stitching 19 the lower end, and the stitching 20 a portion of the third side. The remainder of this side is secured by stitch ing 28 to the edge of the piece of goods 16. The fourth and longest edge of the flap is entirely tree of the pocket piece 16, but stitching 21 beginning at theupper end (it the double stitching 2O unites the lower end of flap 23 to the bib 15. This stitching 21 is carried over in a substantially horizontal direction for a distance, and then preferably curves downwardly until it practically meets the fourth edge of the flap, and preferably extends along said edge to the stitching 19.

The flap 28, in conjunction with the pocket piece 16, provides an auxiliary pocket which opens in a direction opposite to the direction in which the main pocket opens. The longest edge of the flap 23 is free for a length somewhat greater than the length of the main pocket opening 22, while the rest of this edge is united to the bib. This long edge is not parallel to the opposite edge of the flap, i. e., that edge which is secured by stitching 20 and 28, but makes an acute angle therewith. In. other words, the longest edge of the flap 23 is not vertical when the garment is worn but is inclined slightly out of the vertical. This incline such that the watch or other article within the pocket is more readily caught and held by the auxiliary pocket, due to the fact that the auxiliary pocket is deeper at the top than at the bottom. A person wearing overalls with pockets constructed as here dcscribed may take any position without danger of a watch slipping out of the pocket. Indeed, the more unusual the position of the body, the more securely is the watch held in the auxiliary pocket. A sudden jerk on the watch chain will ordinarily not suflice to draw the watch out because this locking flap is usually in such position relative to the watch that the latter is locked against outward movement. The flap provides in effect a non-return entrance for articles placed in the pocket; that is, they will not without the aid of the fingers pass out of the pocket when once placed there.

Throughout the drawing, the catching compartment is designated by the letter K. In the modified form of Figs. 6, 7 and S, precisely the same construction is employed as has been described except that two locking flaps 29 and 80 are provided, both oi: which are exactly alike. The flap 29 is, however, outside of the flap 30. The flaps are arranged parallel to and one against the other. The two flaps are united to each other by stitching 31 similar in disposition to the stitching 21 previously described. This stitching does not hold either flap, how

ever, to the bib. Articles passing into the pocket opening move between the two flaps 29 and 30. See Fig. 8. Once past the long edges of these flaps, i. e., those edges opposite from the main pocket opening, the article may be caught in either of two auxiliary pockets, one formed between the piece of material 16 and flap 29, and the other stormed between the bib 15 and flap 30. Both of these auxiliary pockets extend the entire length of the principal pocket, and as in the previous construction. have their greatest depth at the top of the main pocket. The construction just described provides extra security since there are two catching flaps. However vigorously the workman may move about, it Wlll be impossibe tor his watch to fall out of such a pocket.

Obviously the invention may take o her form than those herein specifically de scribed. The reference to double and single. stitching is merely by way of illustration.

since in every case single stitching may be replaced by double stitching and vice versa. Moreover, the free edge of the locking flap may assume other angles with respect to the main pocket opening than those. dis closed in the drawing. The main pocket opening instead of being along the side, or

in other words, instead of extending verpiece.

What is claimed is 1. In a garment, a primary pocket with an opening of a length less than one of the pocket sides, and a flap within the primary pocket secured at its top and bottom and along one side to the garn'ient, the upper portion of the flap along one edge being free of both the garment and the pocket, and the opposite edge being secured to the pocket adjacent said opening, said flap forming an auxiliary pocket having an opening of a length greater than the primary pocket opening and facing in the opposite direction.

2. In a garment, a primary pocket with an entrance opening in'one of its sides, and a flap comprising a four-sided piece of cloth secured within the primary pocket at the top and bottom and along one side, the fourth and longest side being free, said flap forming an interior auxiliary pocket having an entrance opening of a length greater than the primary pocketopening and facing in the opposite direction, said auxiliary flap varying in width from top to bottom with the greatest width at the top of the primary pocket, so that the auxiliary pocket has its greatest depth at the top.

3. In a pocket construction, a primary pocket with an opening, a pair of parallel flaps secured within the primary pocket one against the other and providing locking means, one flap forming with the pocket tically, may be at the top of the pocket piece an auxiliary pocket, the other flap forming with the inside lining of the pocket a second auxiliary pocket, the opening of the primary pocket being between the two flaps, the flaps being secured to each other below the primary pocket opening but being free of the pocket.

l. In a pocket construction, a primary pocket, with an opening, a pair of parallel duplicate flaps secured within the primary pocket one against the other and providing double locking means in the form of two auxiliary article-catching pockets, both aux-- iliary pockets opening in an opposite direction from the primary pocket opening and varying in depth from top to bottom and being deepest at the top of the primary pocket, and the two flaps being united together except at the primary pocket opening and along their edges directly opposite the said opening, the latter being between the two flaps.

5. The combination with a vertically elongated pocket comprising inner and outer walls, the outer wall being secured about its top, bottom and both side edges to the inner wall, the upper portion of one vertical edge being unattached to thereby provide a pocket openin of a vertically elongated piece of material of greater length than the pocket opening having some portion of its upper edge inserted between the inner and outer walls at the upper end of the pocket opening and included in the connection of the upper edge of said outer wall to the inner wall, the lower end of the vertical edge of said piece of material corresponding to that edge of the outer wall having the unattached portion forming the pocket opening being inserted between the inner and outer walls at the lower end of the pocket opening and included in the connection of the lower end of said edge of the outer wall to the inner wall, the edge of said piece between the ends ot the pocket opening being connected to one of said walls, and a horizontal connection between the other wall and the piece extending across the piece at the lower end of the pocket opening.

(3. The combination with a vertically elongated pocket comprising inner and outer walls, the outer wall being secured about its top, bottom and both side edges to the inner wall, the upper portion of one vertical edge being unattached to thereby provide a pocket opening, or a vertically elongated piece of material of greater lengththan the pocket opening having some portion of its upper edge inserted between the inner and outer walls at the upper end of the pocket opening and included in the connection of the upper edge of said outer wall to the inner wall, the lower end of the vertical edge of said piece of material corresponding to that edge of the outer wall having the unattached portion forming the pocket opening being inserted between the inner and outer walls at the lower end of the pocket opening and included in the connection of the lower end of said edge of the outer wall to the inner wall, the edge of said piece between the ends of the pocket opening being connected to the inner wall, and a horizontal connection between the outer wall and the piece extending across the piece at the lower end of the pocket opening.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

)HAS. R. WOOD 

